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1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1924th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 924th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1920s decade.
Events. January 22 – Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister. February 8 – The first execution with gas was in Carson City, Nevada. February 14 – IBM founded. March 25 – Greece proclaims it is a republic. May 4 – The 1924 Summer Olympics begins. May 10 – J. Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI.
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June 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States. June 12 – Rondout Heist: Six men of the Egan's Rats gang rob a mail train in Rondout, Illinois; the robbery is later found to have been an inside job.
Mar 5, 2024 · 100 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1924. Alan Taylor. March 5, 2024. 32 Photos. In Focus. A century ago, regular radio broadcasts were on the rise, and people began tuning in to entertainment ...
Mar 31, 2021 · June 28: A tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain in Ohio, killing 93 people. June 30: J. B. M. Hertzog becomes Prime Minister, head of a coalition government between the National and Labor Parties in South Africa. George Mallory, mountaineer who disappeared from Everest’s summit in 1924. Image: Wikipedia.
The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the Asian Exclusion Act and National Origins Act ( Pub. L. 68–139, 43 Stat. 153, enacted May 26, 1924 ), was a federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. [1] [2] It also authorized the creation of ...
January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic. February 21 – First issue of The New Yorker magazine is published under the editorship of Harold Ross.
